Pacio vs Brooks

Who won Pacio vs Brooks?

Joshua Pacio beat Jarred Brooks by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of ONE 171, on Thursday 20th February 2025 at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Strawweight championship.

Pacio vs Brooks stats

Joshua Pacio stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Jarred Brooks made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Joshua Pacio's 18th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Jarred Brooks marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Joshua Pacio's One Championship record stood at 14-4-0, while Jarred Brooks' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Pacio had a large advantage in power over Brooks, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Brooks' 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brooks had a slight advantage over Pacio, with a 43% submission rate over Pacio's 38%.

Joshua Pacio was the younger man by 2 years, at 29 years old.

Pacio had a height advantage of 1 inch over Brooks.

Pacio's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Brooks', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 months earlier than Brooks, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 59 to Brooks' 59.

Pacio vs Brooks form

Jarred Brooks had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Reece McLaren at ONE Fight Night 26 on 6th December 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Gustavo Balart at ONE Fight Night 24 on 2nd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Joshua Pacio at ONE 166 on 1st March 2024 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail, Qatar.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mikey Musumeci at ONE Fight Night 13 on 4th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

He had beaten Joshua Pacio at ONE Championship 164 on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Brooks' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Pacio vs Brooks start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:40 PM UTC , which was 12:40 PM EST or 9:40 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 5:40 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Pacio vs Brooks?

Joshua Pacio was a 9/4 (+310) underdog going into the contest, while Jarred Brooks made his way into the ring at 30/100 (-450) with oddsmakers.